1. Mississippi Succeeds Madison County Business League & Foundation
March 28, 2018
Carey M. Wright, Ed.D.
State Superintendent of Education

3. State Board of Education Goals FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR 2016-2020
All Students Proficient and Showing Growth in All Assessed Areas
Every Student Graduates from High School and is Ready for College and Career
Every Child Has Access to a High-Quality Early Childhood Program
Every School Has Effective Teachers and Leaders
Every Community Effectively Uses a World-Class Data System to Improve Student Outcomes
Every School and District is Rated “C” or Higher
The NASBE evaluation form is designed to assess, the extent possible, the work of the State Superintendent as it relates to the Board’s Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals, as well as the chief’s overall leadership skills.
Today’s presentation will describe the key actions the MDE has taken to advance each goal, the outcomes for each goal, and other key actions that related to NASBE’s leadership domains.

4. GOAL 1
All Students Proficient and Showing Growth in All Assessed Areas

5. Literacy-Based Promotion Act: 3rd Grade Reading
Pass rate has increased annually since test was first administered in 2015
Pass rate increased for all subgroups, including a 17 percentage point increase for students with disabilities from 2016 to 2017

6. English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics Proficiency
English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics proficiency rates increased annually since 2015
All student subgroups saw proficiency increases in Mathematics
All students subgroups except Students with Disabilities (SWD) saw proficiency increases in ELA *
* From 2015 to 2017, ELA declined 0.8 percent for SWD

7. District Achievements in ELA and Mathematics Proficiency
Districtwide gains on the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) tests from to :

8. GOAL 2
Every Student Graduates from High School and is Ready for College and Career

9. Graduation Rate
Graduation rate increased for all subgroups from 2015 to 2017
Graduation rate for Students with Disabilities increased from 27.5 percent to 34.7 percent from 2015 to 2017

10. ACT Achievements
11th graders meeting all four ACT benchmarks increased from 9 percent in 2015 to 10 percent in 2017
*Public school, grade 11 data

11. Dual Credit and Participation and Achievement
Participation in dual credit more than doubled from to
Participation increased in all subgroups
With increased participation, overall dual credit passing rates decreased slightly from 98.1 percent in to 97.9 percent in

12. Advanced Placement (AP)
AP participation and achievement nearly doubled since 2013
The number of exams with a qualifying score of 3 or higher nearly doubled since 2013
All subgroups increased AP participation from 2015 to 2017
AP participation increased 39.4 percent among minority students from 2016 to 2017
AP exam fee subsidy increased 31.1 percent from 2016 to 2017

13. Career and Technical Education

14. GOAL 3
Every Child Has Access to a High- Quality Early Childhood Program

15. Early Learning Collaborative (ELC) Achievements
In 2017, all ELC sites earned an average Pre-Kindergarten Assessment score that indicates students are prepared for kindergarten
At the student-level, 78 percent of pre-K students met the target readiness score, which is an increase from 71 percent in and 59 percent in 2015

16. Students Enrolled in Public Pre-K Classes

17. Students with Disabilities in General Education Pre-K Classes
childhood classrooms
*Number of public pre-K classrooms has increased, but not all districts are using seats to include students with disabilities.
*MDE will issue a RFP in 2018 to increase number of blended pre-K classrooms statewide by 24 over the next 3 years

18. Kindergarten Achievements

19. GOAL 4
Every School Has Effective Teachers and Leaders

20. Teacher Experience and Qualifications
To increase retention rates, administrators were trained on improving working conditions
Special non-renewable license was revised
Percentage of inexperienced or not appropriately licensed teachers in D and F schools
Percentage of inexperienced or not appropriately licensed teachers in all schools (A-F)
46.0 percent
34.3 percent
45.9 percent
34.4 percent
39.3 percent
30.5 percent

21. GOAL 5
Every Community Effectively Uses a World-Class Data System to Improve Student Outcomes

22. School and District Report Cards
Report cards for all Mississippi schools and districts are posted at
All districts are asked to post their report cards on their district and school websites
New report cards are under development for launch in 2019 and will be interactive and searchable

23. New MDE Website

24. GOAL 6
Every School and District is Rated “C” or Higher

25. Number of Districts Rated “D” or “F” is Decreasing
Number of D and F districts decreased from 54 to 45 from to 2017
17 Districts had a D grade in and Of those, 9 (52.9%) had an increase in points from 2016 to 2017
6 Districts had an F grade in and Of those, 4 (66.7%) had an increase in points from 2016 to 2017
*2016 is the baseline year to begin measuring growth

26. Number of Schools Rated “D” or “F” is Decreasing
Number of D and F schools decreased from 333 to 278 from 2016 to 2017
88 schools had a D grade in 2016 and Of those, 41 (46.6%) had an increase in points from 2016 to 2017
45 Schools had an F grade in 2016 and Of those, 20 (44.4%) had an increase in points from 2016 to 2017
*2016 is the baseline year to begin measuring growth

27. Districts Rated “C” or Higher
Nearly 70 percent of all districts were rated C or higher in

28. Schools Rated “C” or Higher
More than 68 percent of all schools were rated C or higher in

29. Legislative & Policy Updates

30. 2018 Legislative Session School Funding
New funding formula bill (HB 957) did not pass
Mississippi Department of Education’s appropriation bill (HB 1592) includes $2.5 million more for Early Learning Collaboratives (bringing total ELC funding to $6.5 million)
Mississippi Virtual Public School Program
SB 2763 provides that the provider of services under the Mississippi Virtual Public School Program shall be chosen by the district using a list of vendors approved through the Mississippi Online Course Application Process

31. Legislative & Policy Updates
New Diploma Options
2017 legislation (SB 2432) eliminated the Mississippi Occupational Diploma (MOD) for students with disabilities for students starting 9th grade in
Following the elimination of the MOD, the State Board of Education approved new diploma endorsement options to ensure majority of students with disabilities graduate from high school with a standard diploma and to offer all students the opportunity to earn an academic, distinguished academic or career and technical education endorsement with their diploma
Endorsement options will start in the school year

32. Legislative & Policy Updates
Achievement School District (ASD) Timeline
HB 989 passed, which enables state to intervene in perpetually low-performing districts to improve academic outcomes
State Board of Education approved criteria developed by the Achievement School District Planning Committee for selecting districts for the ASD
State Board is currently considering Noxubee and Humphreys school districts for inclusion in the state’s first ASD

33. Questions? Carey M. Wright, Ed.D. State Superintendent of Education